9th Class Science Gravitation and Floatation Question Bank 9th CBSE Science Gravitation

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      What do you mean by acceleration due to gravity?                                                 [NCEAT]

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                      Whenever an object falls towards the earth, its velocity goes on increasing due to gravitational force exerted by earth on the object. The rate of change of velocity of a freely falling object towards the centre of the earth is called the acceleration due to gravity. It is denoted by g. The SI unit of acceleration due to gravity is the value of g on the earth's surface is taken as 9.8 . For simplicity of calculations it is sometimes given as 10 ms - .


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